Arthur Rackham – Undine 1909

Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator.

Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the ‘Golden Age’ of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books which typically were given as Christmas gifts. Many of Rackham’s books were produced in a de luxe limited edition, often vellum bound and sometimes signed, as well as a larger, less ornately bound quarto ‘trade’ edition. This was often followed by a more modestly presented octavo edition in subsequent years for particularly popular books.

Here are the new scans for one of Arthur Rackham’s most beautiful illustrated book, Undine, first published by Heinemann, London in 1909. One of my favorite Rackham’s book. Enjoy these amazing illustrations !